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A magnitude 3.3 earthquake has struck OFF THE COAST OF OREGON at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), the quake hit at 02:50:44 UTC Monday 17th September 2012 The epicenter was 114 km (70 miles) WSW of Port Orfor...

A magnitude 4.3 earthquake has struck SOUTHERN IRAN at a depth of 214 km (132.6 miles), the quake hit at 02:13:58 UTC Monday 17th September 2012 The epicenter was 44 km (27.2 miles) North from Kongan, Iran...

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake has struck the KURIL ISLANDS at a depth of 85.5 km (53.1 miles), the quake hit at 01:29:49 UTC Monday 17th September 2012 The epicenter was 178 km (110 miles) SSW of Severo-Kuril...

These stories were in all or some of our 3 local newpapers in the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre area. *Let's start out with SALMAM RUSHDIE as BULLSHIT story #1: * You may or may not know that there has been a BA...

A new species of monkey (Cercopithecus lomamiensis), known locally as the lesula. Photo courtesy: Hart JA, Detwiler KM, Gilbert CC/PA A new species of monkey has been identified in Africa, only the second ...

*Dollar no longer primary oil currency as China begins to sell oil using Yuan* *Lindsey Williams: "The most significant day in the history of the American dollar, since its inception, happened on Thursd...

The Northwest Passage. Photo courtesy: NASA After centuries of sailing across virtually every corner of the world's oceans, it might seem there are no 'firsts' remaining for any ambitious skipper hoping t...

“Some spiral galaxies are seen almost sideways. NGC 3190, one such galaxy, is the largest member of the Hickson 44 Group, one of the nearer groups of galaxies to our own Local Group of galaxies. *Click ...

Today marks the 30th anniversary of a very sad day in our recent history that the Jewish controlled media absolutely refuses to discuss... That is the massacres at the Sabra and Shatila Palestinian refugee...

*Are The Good Wife's Alicia (Julianna Margulies) and Kalinda (Archie Panjabi) trying to figure out how to get their overseers at CBS to stop working so hard to prevent fans of the network's best show -- no...

[image: Arctic sea ice extent, 14 September 2012. In 2012, sea ice in the Arctic shrunk to its smallest extent ever recorded, smashing the previous record minimum from 2007 and prompting warnings of acce...

*“Sacred Heart”* by Chet Raymo “Let me share a page or so of my friend Brian Doyle's marvelous little book “The Wet Engine” (2005), which is both an account of the heart surgery that saved the life of...

A dusty trench, interrupted every few meters by lookout posts and gun positions, winds its way as far as the eye can see. "Put your head above the trench and they'll shoot you," says a young ethnic Armen...

I won't be around the next couple of days, with Rosh Hashanah beginning tonight. I may be back Tuesday night, but you can definitely expect things to be running normally on Wednesday. In the meantime, my ...

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's cancellation of a security cabinet session on Iran following a media leak last week laid bare a conundrum long troubling Israeli strategists: could they count on any el...

Looking closely you will see the baby whale at the end, it's mother in the middle; and, there's an escort whale (male) in the front just out of sight. Photo courtesy: Dave Lonsdale/CC BY 2.0 It seems that...

*“What Is Synchronicity?”* by Zen Gardner "First of all, the mystical synchronicity mechanism *just is*. It’s a manifestation of the great conscious Universal Truth that underlies and drives everything ...

*"Selling War to the Public"* By James Corbett and Devon DB “Interview with James Corbett of “The Corbett Report” pertaining to war propaganda, the ongoing crisis in Syria and the role of what he descr...

[image: Union Membership in the U.S. and Canada, 1920-2009. Unionization in the United States has been on the decline since the 1960s. While many reasons have been offered to explain this drop in the rat...

[image: Cover of the report, 'Food Security: Near future projections of the impact of drought in Asia', available online at www.lowcarbonfutures.org. leeds.ac.uk]Contact: Esther Harward, Press Officer, U...

Last week I posted a request. I blogged asking National Party supporters to tell me, after nearly a term-and-a-half in office, what they considered the Key Government’s greatest achievement. I got just 1...

Going long... Much is ongoing, much has gone on- Let’s rehash to move forward Libya: The attack on the consulate in Libya- which is not an Embassy. Apparently there is a difference Quickly: a Consulate has m...

I have now received conformation and independent corroboration of the rumours and signs I reported about before, which due to a number of factors I was unsure how to assess. Summer Johnson McGee has ind...

[image: image]*Guest post by Douglas French* We hear plenty about fiscal cliffs, the problems in Europe, and out-of-control government budgets every day. But tucked away in our comfortable homes, watchi...

Before we get to the George Allen speech it is important for readers to understand that ALEC has been at the forefront of the tenther movement for decades. Their focus is on the states – so the tenther mo...

From Economic Policy Institute by Richard Rothstein: Teacher accountability and the Chicago teachers strike Posted September 14, 2012 at 9:56 am by RICHARD ROTHSTEIN It was bound to happen, whether in Chic...

*(Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned on Sunday that Iran was just six to seven months away from the brink of being able to build a nuclear bomb, adding urgency to his demand that ...

*(Reuters) - Western embassies across the Muslim world remained on high alert on Sunday and the United States urged vigilance after days of anti-American violence provoked by a video mocking the Prophet M...

Many American voters are wondering why Romney didn't have George W. Bush at his convention in Tampa and why he doesn't use him in his campaign. People have actually told me it's disrespectful of the last...

Another week of absolute chaos all over the planet, and now it is time again for my weekly rant.... First, I am not sold at all on the video made by obvious agents of Israel that insults the Muslim prophe...

Same question that I asked conservatives; same good opportunity to link to a new article from John Sides about debate effects. So for those who support Barack Obama: Looking forward to the debates, or fe...

* “The Sunburn - Iran's Awesome Nuclear Anti-Ship Missile The Weapon That Could Defeat The US In The Gulf”* By Mark Gaffney "A word to the reader: The following paper is so shocking that, after prepari...

*"Armada Of Naval Power Massing In The Gulf * *As Israel Prepares An Iran Strike"* By Sean Rayment "An armada of US and British naval power is massing in the Persian Gulf in the belief that Israel is co...

I'll be using the same question for liberals later, and it's a good opportunity to link to a new article from John Sides about debate effects, so for those who support Mitt Romney: Looking forward to the ...

Link: http://youtu.be/HCesbayxmyg True or fake? Does teleportation exist? What do you think, or what do you believe? Yes, or no? Now we have solved that question we may notice, that the teleportation in t...

This weekend Japanese (and other) businesses in China have been the victims of a spate of arson attacks as well as vandalism and looting as anti-Japan protests have escalated to record levels since Japan ...

[image: Total ozone maps for 16 September 2010, 2011, and 2012 based on data from GOME-2 on board the MetOp-A satellite. The data are processed and mapped at the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institut...

The willfully obtuse Perfessor Instypundit who allegedly teaches law at some obviously negligent University that continues to employ him even though he dishes out this absolute bullshit on the internets. (...

SOMETIMES, REALLY SIMPLE THINGS can change the world. Esther Inglis-Arkell has a fascinating article on io9, "How a Simple Glass Case Terraformed the Entire World" that is worthy of contemplation. How d...

*Satellite view of Benue River, Nigeria in 2009* [image: Satellite view of a stretch of the Benue River in eastern Nigeria, around the city of Lau, 23 September 2009. Between early July and early Septem...

[image: Drought in Georgia, 11 September 2012. About half of Georgia is in extreme or exceptional drought, the worst in the Southeast, but Republican Gov. Nathan Deal contends that there is no drought. S...

Don't often drop the f bomb these days, but seriously just fuck cancer. And click over to offer a good thought to Jim Henley at High Clearing who is one of the best people on the internets. He's at the beg...

Another Russian leader has responded to Mitt Romney's labeling of Moscow as America's "Number One geopolitical foe." Earlier in the week it was Vlad Putin using Romney's slur to justify Russian hard-line...

*"A show of force.... with people pounding drums and grilling hot dogs, and children playing"* "Thousands of striking Chicago teachers rally in city park" by Jason Keyser | Associated Press, September 1...

The real-science site has a post on climate data manipulation at NOAA, and asks at the end, how do we stop this fraudulent US government activity? I have responded: *At root it's scientific incompetence, ...

*You can't claim the Globe is not reaching out to them*: "A story of hope, and a lopsided deal; A national ministry for addicts has a record of success, but its work program leaves some vulnerable men fe...

[image: Battery Park after Hurricane Irene, by then a tropical storm, hit in 2011. Low-lying areas of New York City are vulnerable to storms. Michael Appleton for The New York Times] By MIREYA NAVARRO 1...

*That's what happens when you **s***** all over the place.* "Nation’s ‘carpet capital’ struggles to recover; Thousands of jobs were lost" by ASHLEY HOPKINSON | Associated Press, September 02, 2012 DALTO...

Eric Blair The Controlled Substance Act of 1970 legally classified drugs based on their potential danger to users. The most dangerous of all known substances were labeled Schedule 1 drugs, which are d...

FARS *Turkey's national air carrier, Turkish Air, has been transiting Al-Qaeda and Taliban militants from North Waziristan in Pakistan to the Turkish borders with Syria, sources revealed on Saturday, ment...

Mail Online MARK NICOL and BRENDAN CARLIN A Liberal Democrat Defence Minister has claimed he was sacked to avoid a damaging Coalition split over a pre-emptive strike on Iran. Former Armed Forces Minister...

A magnitude 4.8 earthquake has struck SOUTH OF JAVA, INDONESIA at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), the quake hit at 15:32:55 UTC Sunday 16th September 2012 The epicenter was 279 km (172.9 miles) South of Mun...

A magnitude 4.3 earthquake has struck the VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION at a depth of 70 km (43.5 miles), the quake hit at 14:52:08 UTC Sunday 16th September 2012 The epicenter was 97 km (60 miles) North from Set...

A magnitude 4.1 earthquake has struck the REYKJANES RIDGE at a depth of 300 km (186 miles), the quake hit at 14:30:37 UTC Sunday 16th September 2012 The epicenter was 877 km (543.8 miles) Southwest of Hafn...

image source Nicholas West The thought of walking along a secluded stretch of beach to gather one's thoughts, enjoying the feel of the sand and sound of the water -- or perhaps to enjoy some special com...

A magnitude 4.3 earthquake has struck SOUTH OF JAVA, INDONESIA at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), the quake hit at 13:13:29 UTC Sunday 16th September 2012 The epicenter was 265 km (164 miles) South of Sidor...

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Elizabeth Renter Further presenting non-stick cookware dangers, a new study published in this month’s *Archives of Internal Medicine* reveals a relation between PFOA (the chemical in Teflon, used in n...

*Group, which struggled to maintain momentum after initial flurry last autumn, to celebrate one-year anniversary on Monday* Guardian Activists plan to mark the first anniversary of Occupy Wall Street o...

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New York Times Jessica Silver-Greenberg Angela Yartz with debt collection notices on district attorney letterhead. She was threatened with conviction over a $47.95 check to Walmart.The letters are sent by...

Der Spiegel David Gordon Smith There were clashes between police and protesters in Cairo on Friday *US embassies in the Muslim world were on high alert Friday following days of violent protests against an...

Global Research Stephen Lendman As expected, the Court caved. On September 12, headlines reported it. The Financial Times said “German politicians declared the road clear for the creation of the eurozon...

*I'll give you one guess who is helping them, kids. ** * *"The Department of Education last fiscal year paid more than $1.4 billionto collection agencies and other groups to hunt down defaulters." ** * *...

Haitian National Palace (Photo by John Carroll, September 15, 2012) *One of the most beautiful and elegant buildings in the Americas was destroyed in less than a minute on January 12, 2010. The Haitian eart...

*An armada of US and British naval power is massing in the Persian Gulf in the belief that Israel is considering a pre-emptive strike against Iran’s covert nuclear weapons programme.* Battleships, aircra...

Salafi Bedouin and al Qaeda bands Sunday, Sept 16, expanded their Sinai offensive to three Egyptian bases along a 70-kilometer front three days after they raided the US-led Multinational Force base south ...

It is Sunday and the only thing you find on TV early in the morning is right-wing extremist fundamentalists. I saw the most disturbing thing on TV this morning. I’m a channel surfer (high level of ADD) so ...

*Libya President Mohamed Yousef El-Magariaf said Sunday that 50 arrests have been made in connection with last week's "preplanned" attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi that left U.S. Ambassador Chris S...

*Benghazi, Libya (CNN) -- Three days before the deadly assault on the United States consulate in Libya, a local security official says he met with American diplomats in the city and warned them about dete...

"A few months after finishing college, Angela Achen sat in a hospital waiting room and took stock of her assets: a *degree in* art *history*, a knack for women’s studies, and almost *no marketable job skil...

*SHARIAH4BELGIUM MAY ALSO BEHIND PROTESTS IN ANTWERP* According to Belgian media Shariah4Belgium is possibly behind the protest which happened yesterday in Antwerp. More than two hundred arrests were mad...

* * *Johannesburg, South Africa (CNN) -- Police in South Africa used stun grenades to disperse a gathering of hundreds of people early Saturday in the Marikana area, in the latest crackdown on striking mi...

*Cairo, Egypt (CNN) -- Egypt's prime minister said some of the thousands involved in days of protests near the U.S. Embassy got paid to participate, state news reported Saturday, the same day riot police ...

** *(CNN) -- Afghan insurgents who staged a daring, well-planned raid on the military camp where Britain's Prince Harry is based were wearing U.S. Army uniforms, NATO said.* Six jets were destroyed and tw...

*AUSTRALIAN political leaders have condemned violent Islamic protests in Sydney as the "unacceptable face of multiculturalism" and warned they could inflame community sentiment.* They also said the prote...

Islamophobia continues to infiltrate the U.S. The recent showing of a film reflecting negatively on prophet Muhammad and Islam created an upheaval in Arab and Islamic countries. The protests in Libya ag...

It was reported, recently, that the German government agreed to sell two submarines to Egypt. As it is always the case, the Israeli government, as usual, issued a threatening political campaign against E...

*Cyclists on the Houfeng Bike Path* Another day spent hiking, biking, writing, and listening to Romantic composers of the second tier like Richard Wetz, who is really quite enjoyable (Symphony #2 is also...

*BERLIN - Germany ordered some staff members to leave its embassy in Sudan and bolstered security at the mission in Khartoum after it was stormed on Friday by protesters infuriated by an anti-Islamic film...

* Eight women and girls gathering firewood were killed by a Nato airstrike in Afghanistan early on Sunday, according to Afghan officials. * The coalition says it believes only insurgents were hit. But vill...

*A child has been taken to hospital after cowpats in a park caused an E. Coli outbreak.* Seven people, including five children under eight, have been infected with E. coli O157 from the same park in Birm...

*Gareth Norman, area co-ordinator with British Divers Marine Life Rescue (BDMLR), has questioned why so many whales are getting into difficulty and becoming stranded on the east coast. * Earlier this mont...

*A Muslim pressure group that campaigns for an Islamic state with sharia law will protest outside London's American embassy on Sunday over a film mocking the prophet Muhammad.* Innocence of Muslims, whic...

A magnitude 5.5 earthquake has struck TONGA at a depth of 80 km (49.6 miles), the quake hit at 13:02:49 UTC Sunday 16th September 2012 The epicenter was 63 km (39 miles) West of Neiafu, Tonga No Tsunami Wa...

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake has struck the REYKJANES RIDGE at a depth of 33 km (20.4 miles), the quake hit at 12:51:08 UTC Sunday 16th September 2012 The epicenter was 881 km (546.2 miles) Southwest of Hafn...

*(Reuters) - Google Inc rejected a request by the White House on Friday to reconsider its decision to keep online a controversial YouTube movie clip that has ignited anti-American protests in the Middle E...

*(Reuters) - Sudan has rejected a U.S. request to send a platoon of Marines to bolster security at the U.S. embassy outside Khartoum, the state news agency SUNA said on Saturday.* On Friday, around 5,000...

*(Reuters) - Tourism to Berlin is booming as never before and filling the debt-ridden city's coffers with much-needed cash, but not all Berliners are cheering the influx of visitors.* Some blame the tour...

(Reuters) - Chinese police used pepper spray, tear gas and water cannon to break up an anti-Japan protest in southern China on Sunday as demonstrators took to the streets in scores of cities across the co...

*(Reuters) - Defense Secretary Leon Panetta will look for ways to deepen U.S. military relations with China during a visit to Asia this week, even as he works to bolster U.S. alliances in the region as pa...

*(Reuters) - A senior Israeli official said on Sunday the United States should not wait for Iran to decide on building a nuclear weapon before it considers military action against the Islamic Republic* "...

*(Reuters) - Four soldiers fighting with the NATO-led alliance were killed in another suspected "insider" attack in southern Afghanistan on Sunday, the coalition said, bringing the total number of deaths ...

A magnitude 5.0 earthquake has struck PAPUA, INDONESIA at a depth of 52.9 km (32.9 miles), the quake hit at 12:50:46 UTC Sunday 16th September 2012 The epicenter was 223 km (139 miles) West from Jayapura, ...

Maureen Dowd writes, in today's *New York Times,* that the man behind Republican rhetoric these days is Dan Senor, a kid who grew up in Toronto and graduated from the University of Western Ontario. If y...

*Tens of thousands of people have staged rallies in Spain and Portugal to protest against punishing austerity measures.* Demonstrators threw tomatoes and fireworks at the Portuguese headquarters of the I...

* A roadside bomb has killed 15 passengers in a van and wounded 12 others in north-west Pakistan, near the Afghan border.* Officials said they did not know who set off the bomb, but such attacks are comm...

*Sugar, Gluten And Dairy Free Chocolate Chip Cookies!* After several attempts I was able to achieve an awesome cookie packing a sweet chocolaty/doughy flavor, YUM! Whenever you bake with natural sugars it...

A magnitude 4.0 earthquake has struck the VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION at a depth of 81 km (50.3 miles), the quake hit at 12:04:21 UTC Sunday 16th September 2012 The epicenter was 88 km (55 miles) North from Set...

It was a really terrible idea when it passed on August 1, 2011 but it was a big bipartisan vote that passed it, 269-161. It was a GOP bill with an equal number of Democrats-- mostly bad ones-- voting for...

I guess the Liberals' getting away with murderous imperialism in Haiti and Afghanistan, and the harpercons' assaults on responsible government, human rights laws, free and fair elections, and etc., etc.,...

*"[It is] as close to a fresh start as they are likely to get"* * * *I was wondering why they couldn't be "jailed" in some of the unoccupied **fraudulently foreclosed upon **homes that are now unoccupied ...

The Province of Manitoba has announced that it will cover health care for refugee claimants, in defiance of Jason Kenney's vindictive cuts to help at the federal level. (I haven't been able to find the lin...

Max Velocity, *Contributor* I wanted to put a few thoughts out there about the realities of your survival location. To read what is out there in terms of opinion and advice, it appears that to surviv...

image source Dan and Sheila Gendron, *Contributors* You should have seen us when we wore Rolexes, big diamonds and the latest fashions. You should have seen our 3000 sq. ft. house that required a full-t...

*Reportedly, the CIA organised these riots.* *People Power* *"Foreigners" *carried out the attack on US Ambassador Stevens, according to Libya's President. Libyan president tells NBC: 'Foreigners' involv...

Link:http://youtu.be/oOEUkWqZhfA *Jere Van Dyk* is a former TV correspondent and Taliban expert (and was even held captive by them). He wrote the book "Captive" describing his experiences in Afghanistan. ...

When you awaken, the activities in which you can take part will be limitless September 16, 2012 by John Smallman Enthusiasm and excitement are powerful motivators, so as you look forward to awakening...

*The Label It Yourself (#LIY) campaign empowers people to make educated decisions about what is in their food, without waiting for government or corporations to do it for them. * *A campanha "Põe A Eti...

Photo courtesy: arrowtreeontario.com When planting trees, think to the future. The tree that lives outside my condo's livingroom window is the inspiration for this blog. I have enjoyed that tree for 17 ye...

A magnitude 4.9 earthquake has struck OFF THE WEST COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), the quake hit at 06:07:26 UTC Sunday 16th September 2012 The epicenter was 593 km (368 miles) ...

A magnitude 5.2 earthquake has struck COSTA RICA at a depth of 24.3 km (15.1 miles), the quake hit at 05:51:08 UTC Sunday 16th September 2012 The epicenter was 8 km (5 miles) West of Nicoya, Costa Rica No ...

A magnitude 4.8 earthquake has struck the SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS REGION at a depth of 10.1 km (6.3 miles), the quake hit at 23:44:50 UTC Saturday 15th September 2012 The epicenter was 91 km (57 miles) NNW...

*A man who US authorities believe is the key figure behind an anti-Islam video that sparked violent protests in the Middle East, Africa and Asia is being questioned by probation officers in California.* ...

*FBI agents have arrested an 18-year-old who they say planned to set off a car bomb outside a bar in the centre of Chicago.* Adel Daoud, a male US citizen from Chicago, was detained in an undercover oper...

*Image: Around 200 people protested in Antwerp* Protests over a US film mocking the prophet Mohammed have erupted in Europe, while a Muslim pressure group is expected to demonstrate in London later today...

*Ulster Rugby player Nevin Spence has died alongside his father and brother after they fell into a slurry tank on their family farm in County Down, Northern Ireland.* The 22-year-old went into the tank w...

"He had the kind of steel and really mean instinct that we needed to clean house after the election." That's Richard Nixon, in his diary, about his White House counsel, with whom he had an extended meet...

Our favorite economist, Paul Krugman, hates to give away the story's ending, but his blog friends always find out first. And you can't help wondering if this somehow hasn't been in the cards for over a dec...

Undercover FBI agents arrested an 18-year-old American man who tried to detonate what he believed was a car bomb outside a downtown Chicago bar, federal prosecutors said Saturday. Adel Daoud, a U.S. citi...

We have very smoggy skies today in Phoenix after rains earlier this week that scrubbed the air. I don't know how it got so smoggy so fast. I wonder if the smog blew in, or if winds merely picked up dust,...

*We never posted it, and with all the bad news going around, I thought it would be nice to share at least one good story that came out of the Japan tsunami situation. Hope is something one can never give...

There are three Republican Congressmen Youngs-- two extremely old and extremely corrupt carbuncles, Florida's CW "Bill" Young (age 82 and chairman of the Appropriations Committee subcommittee on Defense, ...

It’s sometimes amazing to me the arrogance that members of ALEC display. In today’s entry – I am going to be introducing you to George Wallace – oops, Allen of “Welcome to America, macaca.” fame. He is ...

"The Hubble Ultra Deep Field in 3D" - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAVjF_7ensg&feature=relmfu • “The Cosmos is all that is or ever was or ever will be. Our feeblest contemplations of the Cosmos stir ...

I and others in the real truth movement have long been falsely accused of being racists and haters, as well as being laughingly called a wide variety of very colourful names and metaphors. It does seem t...

*"Give Us Courage"* "Give us courage, gaiety and the quiet mind. Spare us to our friends, soften to us our enemies. Bless us, if it may be, in all our innocent endeavors. If it may not, give us the stren...

“What's happening at the center of spiral galaxy NGC 1097? No one is sure, but it likely involves a supermassive black hole. Matter falling in from a bar of stars and gas across the center is likely being...

The President of the American Library Association is enthusiastic about the common core for school libraries and school librarians. I am not. I posted this comment on: http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/20...

It`s what draws my spirit to the west west coast..... Giant humpback whales were fishing alongside us most days, these enormous sea beasts would slap their massive flute(tail) on the surface scaring feed...

[image: Heavy machinery works in the distance at the Kedrovsky open pit coal mine, operated by OAO Kuzbassrazrezugol near Kemerovo, Russia on 31 March 2011. OAO Kuzbassrazrezugol is Russia's second large...

Responding to NPR What's At Stake For U.S. Teachers by Alan Greenblatt http://www.npr.org/2012/09/13/161072479/whats-at-stake-for-u-s-teachers?ft=1 NPR’s article contained numerous errors. Here are two of ...

An armada of US and British naval power is massing in the Persian Gulf in the belief that Israel is considering a pre-emptive strike against Iran’s covert nuclear weapons programme. Battleships, aircraf...

Please note that I am "legally blinf" and posting the reference material for you to review in a "connect the story dots", fashion. More "About Myself" is posted at my Google+ profile; Consider this blog po...

*It's time (or possibly past time) for putative prognosticators to get their predictions down for this year's presidential election.* *by Ken* Our pal Al Kamen, of the *Washington Post* "In the Loop" fran...

*“Things As They Are”* by Paulo Coelho “Of course things don’t always happen they way we wish they would. There are moments in which we feel we are seeking something that is not meant for us, knockin...

The beans are starting to turn red in La Cuchilla, Santa Rita This is the time of year when Honduran coffee growers find out what price they can expect for their beans when the harvest starts in November. A...

[image: A billboard, 'Jesus in the Wheat', stands alongside Interestate 70 on 24 August 2012 in Colby, Kansas. The billboard was erected by local residents Tuffy and Linda Taylor. 'We just put it up ther...

[image: Derrick Smith harvests corn in his corn sheller machine in one of the Smith Farms cornfields located in Boonville, Indiana, on Thursday, 12 September 2012. Farmers usually harvest corn at the end...

* “Minding my Ps and Qs”* by Chet Raymo “When I was a young academic, I felt a certain obligation to make myself aware of philosophy. I started with the preSocratics and worked my way, in no particular...

David Schreck draws useful attention to a significant effect of the cancellation of the fall sitting of the legislature. The rules for the return of the PST next April have still not been set, more than a ...

Dees Illustration Brandon Turbeville * *As the Presidential campaigns begin to heat up, it is thoroughly apparent that the vast majority of Americans will once again fall into the trap of political bicke...

credit: Disney-ABC/ Ida Mae Astute Lisa Garber Sheryl Crow claims that her benign brain tumor may have been caused by cell phone use. Doctors found the tumor earlier this year after the singer, aged 50,...

R.Gates - credit: DoD Madison Ruppert, *Contributor* At the ASIS International 58th Annual Seminar and Exhibits in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, former United States Secretary of Defense Robert Gates gave ...

Sayer Ji, *Contributor* Could the active ingredient in marijuana, responsible for its characteristic "high," help turn the tide against the accelerating Alzheimer's epidemic? A remarkable study publi...

Lisa Garber Millions of Americans visit their doctors and receive antibiotics for a sore throat annually. According to the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 70 percent of people receive antibiot...

The Independent *Exclusive: America 'was warned of embassy attack but did nothing'* The killings of the US ambassador to Libya and three of his staff were likely to have been the result of a serious and...

Anthony Gucciardi Instead of putting genetically modified foods through proper trials as consumers have been demanding for years, it appears the United States Department of Agriculture in alliance wit...

* **While speaking Saturday at the Values Voters Summit, Rick Santorum said that “smart people” would never side with conservatives.* *Santorum also claimed “the media” and “colleges and universities” wou...

*Not for much longer*: *"Chicago’s nearly weeklong teachers strike appeared headed toward a resolution Friday after negotiators emerged from marathon talks to say they had achieved a ‘‘framework’’ that co...

*"The Secret to Courage"* by George Washington "There is a real misunderstanding of what it means to be courageous. In America, courage is often thought of as a testosterone-driven toughness. There’s ...

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